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Video

FFmpeg Reference file

Records video from an ddshow device and records in to a file with current datestamp in filename. restart after 8 seconds on error or if user user presses Q.

echo off
:loop
SET tid=%TIME: =0%
FFmpeg\bin\ffmpeg -strict -2 -f dshow -video_size 1280x720 -framerate 25 -pixel_format yuv420p -i video="Osprey-700 HD Video Device 1":audio="SDI Input 1 (Osprey-700 HD 1)" -filter:v fps=25 -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -tune fastdecode -crf 16 -r 25 -g 25 -x264opts "keyint=50:min-keyint=50:no-scenecut" -c:a aac -ab 224000 -ar 48000 -ac 2 c:\referens\referens_720p_%date:~0,4%%date:~-5,2%%date:~-2,2%_%tid:~0,2%%tid:~3,2%%tid:~6,2%%tid:~-2,2%.mp4
timeout 8
goto loop
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Video

GOP configuration with FFmpeg

Test

You can use ffprobe to investigate the GOP configuration of a h264 videofile. Some formats require a certain GOP structure to work. In your GOP structure you got I-Frames,P-Frames and B-frames.